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Kabushiki gaisha Appu-Furonto Gurūpu is a Japanese holding company for various entertainment companies. Its subsidiaries include the talent agency Up-Front Promotion and Up-Front Works, a music production and sales company that manages such record labels as Zetima, Piccolo Town, and Hachama.

Artists
Up-Front Promotion
All groups under Up-Front Promotion are collectively known as Hello! Project.

Groups

Soloists/Entertainers

Trainees

  • Hello Pro Kenshūsei

Up-Front Works
Groups
  • Bitter & Sweet
  • Brothers 5
  • Dream Morning Musume
  • Up Up Girls Kakko Kari

Soloists/Entertainers

Subsidiaries
Zetima 
was originally founded in May 1993 as , a joint venture between the Up-Front Group and Warner Music Japan. In April 1998, Up-Front merged One Up with Y.J. Sounds to form Zetima. At the same time, Up-Front ended its distribution deal with Warner Music Japan and switched to Sony Music Entertainment Japan.

Artists

Former artists

Hachama 
has a distribution deal with [[Pony Canyon]].

Artists

Former artists

Piccolo Town 
had a distribution deal with King Records from April 2001 to August 2013, when it switched to [[Pony Canyon]] in September 2013.

Artists
  • Bitter & Sweet

Former artists

Rice Music 
was originally founded in March 1995 as . After being absorbed into Zetima in 1998, the label was resurrected in September 2004 to focus on Kayōkyoku and [[enka]]. Like Piccolo Town, Rice Music had a distribution deal with King Records from September 2004 to August 2013, when it switched to [[Pony Canyon]] in September 2013.

Artists
  • Hirofumi Banba
  • Akira Kagawa
  • Jirō Sugita
  • Gen Takayama
  • Masayuki Yuhara

Former artists
  • Akira Fuse
  • Sanae Jōnouchi
  • Yuki Maeda
  • Nori Yamaguchi

Up-Front Works 
is Up-Front Group's in-house label that specializes in limited edition releases that are sold either online or exclusively at music chains such as [[Tower Records]]. The label previously had distribution deals with [[Pony Canyon]], Daiki Sound, and Universal Music Japan before 2019.

Artists

Up-Front Indies 
is Up-Front Group's indie in-house label founded in May 2019.

Artists
  • Hello Pro Kenshusei

Chichūkai Label 
was founded in 2003, with music inspired by those of the countries by the Mediterranean Sea, most prominently [[France]], [[Italy]] and [[Greece]], or even [[cover version]]s of songs from those countries. The label was handled by Epic Records Japan until December 2009, when Up-Front consolidated it with Zetima.

Former artists

Former artists
Affiliated with Up-Front Promotion
Sub-units
  • (1999-2013)
  • Tanpopo (1999-2011)
  • (2000-2004)
  • Morning Musume Sakuragumi (2003-2004)
  • Morning Musume Otomegumi (2003-2004)
  • Morning Musume Tanjō 10nen Kinentai (2007)
  • Buono! (2007-2017)

Project groups

  • (2002)
  • Romans (2003)
  • Tomoiki Ki wo Uetai (2005-2013)
    • Rie Kaneko (2009-2013)
    • Asuna Okai (2009-2010)
    • Mia Sainen (2009-2010)
    • Kaori Sano (2009-2010)
  • (2007-2010)
  • (2004-2005)
  • (2004-2007)
  • Aa! (2003-2009)
  • ZYX (2003-2009)
  • Def.Diva (2005-2007)
  • GAM (2006-2009)
  • Athena & Robikerottsu (2007-2008)
  • (2007)
  • (2008-2009)
  • (2008-2015)
  • Shugo Chara Egg! (2008-2010)
  • Guardians 4 (2009-2010)
  • (2010-2011)
Shuffle units
  • Kiiro 5 (2000)
  • Aoiro 7 (2000)
  • Akagumi 4 (2000)
  • 3-nin Matsuri (2001)
  • 7-nin Matsuri (2001)
  • 10-nin Matsuri (2001)
  • Happy 7 (2002)
  • Sexy 8 (2002)
  • Odoru 11 (2002)
  • Salt5 (2003)
  • 7Air (2003)
  • 11Water (2003)
  • H.P. All Stars (2004)
  • Elegies (2005)
  • (2005)
  • (2005)
  • Hello! Project Mobekimasu (2011-2013)

Affiliated with Up-Front Works

  • Up Up Girls Kakko Kari
    • Minami Sengoku (2004-2017)
  • (2006-2018)
  • Ships (2008-2009)
  • (2012-2013)
    • Munehiko Ohno (2012-2013)
  • Team Makenki (2014-2018)
  • Ciao Bella Cinquetti (2008-2018)

Affiliated with TNX
Collectively known as Nice Girl Project!. Best known for assisting in Nintendo's Rhythm Heaven series after being discovered by .

  • Nice Girl Myu
  • GTT Club
  • MM Gakuen Gasshoubu
  • Gyaruru
  • Nice Girl Project! Kenshusei
  • Tokky

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